Mao Zetan
Template:Short descriptionTemplate:More citations neededTemplate:Family name hatnoteTemplate:Infobox person Template:Chinese Mao Zetan (Template:Zh, also named Mao Zelin (Template:Zh), courtesy name first Yongju (Template:Zh), then Runju (Template:Zh); 25 September 1905 – 25 April 1935) was a younger brother of Mao Zedong.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1923. In 1927, he participated in the Nanchang Uprising, retreating with the Communists to the Jinggang Mountains at its completion.
In 1935, at the age of 29, he was killed while fighting Kuomintang forces in Jiangxi,<ref name=":0" /> covering the withdrawal of the main Communist army during the Long March.
Personal life
In 1927 he married Zhou Wennan. They had a son, later a soldier killed by Kuomintang forces.